Toby Braun-Gotti is a junior criminal justice major. He is also a Y-100 radio personality, an event planner and nightclub promoter. He lives his life by the philosophy of never letting an opportunity get away.
In late 2008, I started my own promotional event and club promotion company and began organizing night club parties from Miami to Ft. Lauderdale. I became so well known that MTV producers heard about me and when they came to South Florida to cast a reality show about popular guys my age. They asked me if I was interested in being on the show. Since I’ve never backed down from any opportunity, I said yes.
I quickly got through the casting process and started filming for MTV’s “Is She Really Going Out With Him?” In March 2010, the show aired on MTV and VH1.
A month later Michael Mack from Y-100, also known as Mack at Night, contacted me. After we met for the first time, he asked me to be part of his radio show, which airs Monday through Friday from 6 p.m.-10 p.m. Once again, I gladly took the opportunity and became “Jerzey” of the Mack at Night show, which I am still part of.
Today, I am one of South Florida’s most well-known and respected nightclub promoters, reality show, radio personalities and popular bachelors.
My life at NSU is like most others, I have class in the afternoon Monday through Friday and work out in the RecPlex for an hour a day.
While I have become what some call a “local celebrity,” I have not changed one bit inside. I don’t think that I am special in any sort of way, only fortunate enough to have received so many great opportunities in life and a great father and friends whom I’m thankful for every day for helping me accomplish my past and future goals.
My goals in life have not changed either — they have only expanded. After graduating from NSU, I plan to attend graduate school to obtain a master’s degree in criminal justice. While my plans after that are only known to my very close friends and family, I will tell you that you are going hear and see my name throughout your life, in a positive way.
The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do or accomplish and, more than ever, I know that no goal in life is too big or impossible to reach as long as you put your mind to it. I hope that I have motivated some people with my story to keep their ambition of becoming the person they always wanted to become. I ask you to keep in mind that life is too short. So, don’t be afraid. Let go of your worries, like getting into med and law school, once in a while and free your mind.
